Johns Hopkins

Yingzhi Ye  Yingzhi Ye earned the Toffler Scholar Award in 2023 at Johns Hopkins University Biography Yingzhi Ye was born in Hangzhou, China, located in the Zhejiang province. Hangzhou is noted globally for its contributions to science. Ye is proud to be from Hangzhou and on her own journey to make a mark on the…

Marcelle Dina Zita  Marcelle Dina Zita earned the Toffler Scholar Award in 2023 at Johns Hopkins University Biography Marcelle Dina Zita was born and raised in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Her mother is a retired teacher and her father, who passed away when she was only two, was a member of the Cameroon Armed Forces. Dr. Dina…

Jackson Mace  Jackson Mace earned the 2023 Toffler Scholar Award at Johns Hopkins University Biography Jackson Mace was born in Santa Cruz, California, to a family of scientists and engineers—problem solvers, in other words. His older brother went to the University of Pennsylvania and still lives in the state today, working in the biomedical engineering…

DR. JEREMIAS SULAM  Jeremias Sulam earned the Toffler Scholar Award in 2022 at Johns Hopkins University Biography Medicine and engineering run in Dr. Jeremias Sulam’s family. His mother is a physician, his father is a civil engineer, and his younger brother a mechanical engineer. In his early years, Dr. Sulam liked hearing about his mother’s…

KATIE IRWIN  Katie Irwin earned the Toffler Scholar Award in 2022 at Johns Hopkins University Biography Katie Irwin grew up 30 minutes outside of Atlanta, Georgia, in a place called Berkeley Lake, and graduated from Greater Atlanta Christian School. She has one brother, Andy, who is almost three years her senior. Irwin’s mother earned a…

Zhe Zhang  Dr. Zhang is the inaugural Toffler Scholar at Johns Hopkins University. Biography Zhe Zhang was born in a town outside of Beijing, China. A curious child, she loved exploring the outdoors and remembers spending hours on end watching ants build their homes. She also enjoyed taking apart household items, like clocks, then putting…